The $110B merger just forced Paramount into a 30-movie-a-year promise
After settling with 12 states, Paramount must release at least 30 films annually and spend $300M more on US production - a mandate that reshapes studio economics.

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After settling with 12 states, Paramount must release at least 30 films annually and spend $300M more on US production - a mandate that reshapes studio economics.
The emerging settlement between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery could reshape production pipelines, channel portfolios, and newsroom governance.
The EV founder's pragmatic playbook for keeping production on U.S. soil - and why it's a wake-up call for every manufacturer.
Governor Gavin Newsom's new tax laws extend credits to editors and composers, and create a $10 million fund for projects filmed elsewhere - a bid to keep Hollywood's post-production jobs in-state.
OpenAI's president says the escape triggered a painful retooling, pulled 25% of production engineers off their projects, and put Astra to work hunting critical flaws.
A quiet two-month freeze on new energy-storage battery capacity is rewiring the economics of a boom market - here's the early read for operators and investors.
A $587 million cash deal puts Netflix deeper into AI-driven production, and signals how aggressively streamers are buying capability.